Item 54A

Authorize to enter into individual agreements with the Managed Care Organizations as follows: (1)Granite State Health Plan Inc., c/o Centene Corp, St. Louis, MO; (2)Boston Medical Center Health Plan Inc., Boston, MA; and (3)Granite Care – Meridian Health Plan of NH, Detroit, MI, to provide Medicaid Managed Care medical and long-term care services to Medicaid clients at an estimated cost, based on clients’ choices of enrollment into a single Managed Care Organization following program implementation, not to exceed $2,226,923,030 in the aggregate between all vendors. Effective July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2015. 50.3% Federal, 40.3% General, 9.4% Other (County) Funds. Office of Minority Health and Refugee Affairs #55 Authorize to enter into a retroactive contract with Lutheran Community Services Inc., Concord, NH, to provide direct services to NH refugees, in the amount not to exceed $300,000. Effective February 1, 2012 through September 29, 2013. 100% Federal Funds. #56 Authorize to enter into a contract with Kristen A. McCracken, Manchester, NH, to provide coordination and facilitation services of Regional Advisory Boards to the Health Profession Opportunity Project, in an amount not to exceed $73,500. Effective upon G&C approval through September 29, 2015. 100% Federal Funds. Division for Children, Youth and Families #57 Authorize to pay a subscription fee to Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago, IL, in the amount of $20,000, to access the Center for State Foster Care and Adoption Data service. Effective April 1, 2012 through March 31, 2013. 10% Federal Funds. 7 Division of Public Health Services #58 Authorize the Bureau of Population Health and Community Services, Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Section to enter into an agreement with Limetree Research LLC, Austin, TX, to provide the NH Women, Infants and Children Program an Improved Nutrition Delivery System in an amount not to exceed $197,450. Effective upon G&C approval through September 30, 2012. 100% Federal (USDA) Funds. Bureau of Drug and Alcohol Services #59 Authorize to amend an agreement with United Way of Massachusetts Bay Inc., Portsmouth, NH, (originally approved by G&C on 10-20-10, item #77), reducing substance abuse prevention services in the Rockingham County Region, by decreasing the price by $52,332 from $215,778 to an amount not to exceed $163,446 for State Fiscal Year 2012. Effective upon G&C approval. (2)Further authorize to continue substance abuse prevention services in the Rockingham County Region, by continuing to fund a Regional Network Coordinator, by increasing the price by $75,000 from $215,778 to an amount not to exceed $290,778, and by extending the completion date from June 30, 2012 to June 30, 2013. 86% Federal, 14% General Funds. #60 Authorize to amend an agreement with Health First Family Care Center, Franklin, NH, (originally approved by G&C on 10-20-10, item #73), reducing substance abuse prevention services in the Lower Grafton County Region, by decreasing the price by $63,903 from $261,930 to an amount not to exceed $198,027 for State Fiscal Year 2012. Effective upon G&C approval. (2)Further authorize to continue substance abuse prevention services in the Lower Grafton Region, by continuing to fund a Regional Network Coordinator, by increasing the price by $75,000 from $261,930 to an amount not to exceed $336,930, and by extending the completion date from June 30, 2012 to June 30, 2013. 76% Federal, 24% General Funds. #61 Authorize to amend an agreement with Cheshire County, Keene, NH, (originally approved by G&C on 10- 20-10, item #75), reducing substance abuse prevention services in the Monadnock Region, by decreasing the price by $99,652 from $302,765 to an amount not to exceed $203,113 for State Fiscal Year 2012. Effective upon G&C approval. (2)Further authorize to continue substance abuse prevention services in the Monadnock Region, by continuing to fund a Regional Network Coordinator, by increasing the price by $75,000 from $302,765 to an amount not to exceed $377,765, and by extending the completion date from June 30, 2012 to June 30, 2013. 74% Federal, 26% General Funds. #62 Authorize to amend an agreement with United Way of Greater Nashua, Nashua, NH, (originally approved by G&C on 10-20-10, item #79), reducing substance abuse prevention services in the Greater Nashua Region, by decreasing the price by $87,862 from $301,086 to an amount not to exceed $213,224 for State Fiscal Year 2012. Effective upon G&C approval. (2)Further authorize to continue substance abuse prevention services in the Greater Nashua Region, by continuing to fund a Regional Network Coordinator, by increasing the price by $75,000 from $301,086 to an amount not to exceed $376,086, and by extending the completion date from June 30, 2012 to June 30, 2013. 72% Federal, 28% General Funds.